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Definition of Hook

1. Noun. A catch for locking a door.

2. Verb. Fasten with a hook.

3. Verb. Rip off; ask an unreasonable price. "They hook him of all his money"

4. Noun. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook.

5. Verb. Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle. ; "She sat there crocheting all day"

6. Noun. Anything that serves as an enticement.

7. Verb. Hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left.

8. Noun. A mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something.

9. Verb. Take by theft. "Someone snitched my wallet!"

10. Noun. A curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something.

11. Verb. Make off with belongings of others. "They hook the money "

12. Noun. A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer. ; "He took lessons to cure his hooking"

13. Verb. Hit with a hook. "The fighter managed to hook his opponent"; "His opponent hooked him badly"

14. Noun. A short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent.

15. Verb. Catch with a hook. "Hook a fish"

16. Noun. A basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket.

17. Verb. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug).

18. Verb. Secure with the foot. "Hook the ball"

19. Verb. Entice and trap. "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

20. Verb. Approach with an offer of sexual favors. "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

Definition of Hook

1. n. A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

2. v. t. To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.

3. v. i. To bend; to curve as a hook.

4. n. A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.

5. v. i. To move or go with a sudden turn;

Definition of Hook

1. Noun. A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. ¹

2. Noun. A fishhook, a barbed metal hook used for fishing. ¹

3. Noun. Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook ¹

4. Noun. A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, e.g. ''g'' and ''j''. ¹

5. Noun. A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song. ¹

6. Noun. A brief, punchy opening statement intended to draw the reader or viewer into a book or play. ¹

7. Noun. (informal) Removal or expulsion from a group or activity. ¹

8. Noun. (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height. ¹

9. Noun. (baseball) A curveball. ¹

10. Noun. (software) A feature, definition, or coding that enables future enhancements to happen compatibly or more easily. ¹

11. Noun. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left. See draw, slice, fade ¹

12. Noun. (basketball) A basketball shot in which the offensive player, usually turned perpendicular to the basket, gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head. Also called hook shot. ¹

13. Noun. (boxing) A type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc. ¹

14. Noun. (slang) A jack (the playing card) ¹

15. Noun. (typography rare) = (há?ek) ¹

16. Verb. (transitive) To attach a hook to. ¹

17. Verb. (transitive) To catch with a hook (''hook a fish''). ¹

18. Verb. (transitive) To ensnare someone, as if with a hook. ¹

19. Verb. (transitive) To connect (''hook into'', ''hook together''). ¹

20. Verb. (Usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate. ¹

21. Verb. (cricket golf) To play a hook shot. ¹

22. Verb. (field hockey ice hockey) To engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking (i.e., using the hockey stick to trip or block another player) ¹

23. Verb. (soccer) To swerve a ball; kick a ball so it swerves or bends. ¹

24. Verb. (intransitive slang) To engage in prostitution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hook

1. to catch with a hook (a bent piece of metal) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Hook

1. Basal portion of bacterial flagellum, to which is distally attached the flagellin filament. Proximally the hook is attached to the rotating spindle of the motor. In some bacteria (Myxobacteria) the rotation of the hook itself (without an attached flagellum) may directly cause forward gliding movement. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hook

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hoofrot hoofrots hoofs hoofstock hooie hook, line and sinker hook-billed hook-nosed hook above hook and eye

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